Events archive

How is a nation imagined in a place that exists on the “Edge of Empires?” Or what is nation-ness like in a place that is construed as an ambiguous point between “east” and “west?” Or prevailing in a... Read more

This one hour film is the first in a three part series about the Nagorny Karabakh conflict which traces its roots from the late Soviet period to the outbreak of serious fighting in 1992. It is a... Read more

What happens to informal institutions and practices when political actors decide to implement democratic institutional reforms aimed at relieving formal institutions of informal constraints? Does... Read more

Rising frustration over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and elsewhere have led some Western leaders to conclude that Russian leaders are living in a “different world.” My presentation will examine the... Read more

Moldova remains torn between its historic economic and cultural ties to Russia, and the lure of funding and support from the EU and US. Presidential elections on 30 October present the electorate... Read more

Igor Shaitanov (Literary Secretary of the Russian Booker Prize): Contemporary Russian fiction in the mirror of the Russian Booker Elena Chizhova (novelist): The ongoing fascination in the Russian... Read more